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piston_generic_helper.py crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/username/.cache/software-center/piston-helper'

Bug #969731 reported by Trent V. on 2012-03-31

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #743003: software-center crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/joris/.cache/software-center'. Edit Remove

This bug affects 2 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	software-center (Ubuntu)	Confirmed	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

happened when i open the software center

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: software-center 5.1.14
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-20.33-generic 3.2.12
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-20-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Mar 30 20:32:27 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" - Release amd64 (20101007)
InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py --datadir /usr/share/software-center/ RatingsAndReviewsAPI review_stats {"days":\ 52}
ProcEnviron:
PATH=(custom, user)
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
PythonArgs: ['/usr/share/software-center/piston_generic_helper.py', '--datadir', '/usr/share/software-center/', 'RatingsAndReviewsAPI', 'review_stats', '{"days": 52}']
SourcePackage: software-center
Title: piston_generic_helper.py crashed with OSError in makedirs(): [Errno 17] File exists: '/home/username/.cache/software-center/piston-helper'
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-03-30 (0 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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Trent V. (shadyatv) wrote on 2012-03-31:

Dependencies.txt Edit (7.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcMaps.txt Edit (21.1 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
ProcStatus.txt Edit (819 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
SoftwareCenterLog.txt Edit (67.7 KiB, text/plain; charset="utf-8")
Traceback.txt Edit (600 bytes, text/plain; charset="utf-8")

Apport retracing service (apport) on 2012-04-02

tags:

removed: need-duplicate-check

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote on 2012-04-02:

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in software-center (Ubuntu):
status:	New → Confirmed

Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) on 2012-04-03

visibility:

private → public

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Gary Lasker (gary-lasker) wrote on 2012-04-04:

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 743003, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Please continue to report any other bugs you may find.